Fracture mechanics analysis methods by Liang, Yue

“…Based on simulation result, the predicted fatigue life in plate with attachment was significantly reduced than in plain plate. …”
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Unbroken by Lim, Alexander Si Yuan

“…Oyuntulhur, 17, a girl who previously lived in a dumpsite her whole life. Tsat Tsat, 18, the oldest girl in the home who left Eden to go back to her real family to take care of her pregnant mother and abusive father. …”
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Arranged Spaces by Poh, Janice Esther

“…Till date, the documentation of these traditional provision shops includes the life stories of the shop owners, the history and the general objects of the shops, and use of the shop as a context for film. …”
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Design and modelling of dual active bridge DC-DC converter for integration of energy storage system by Yeo, Kevin Eng Lye

“…By analysing the waveforms, the topology will then be available for further testing with components for a model for real-life testing.…”
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Design of a smart LED lighting system for sleeping hours by Chee, Xiang Sheng

“…The advancement in technologies has enabled engineers to design and implement any ideas they have that would improve the quality of life. Additionally, the introduction of readily available and easily programmable microcontrollers and low costing sensors has also allowed beginners in the engineering field to come up with further improvements towards energy efficient appliances and more options for smart home systems. …”
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A healthy amount of privacy: quantifying privacy concerns in medicine by Cofone, IC

“…I propose a simple method to incorporate these concerns into a standard health impact evaluation, based on quality-adjusted life years and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. …”

Violence risk assessment using the Oxford Mental Illness and Violence Tool by Fazel, S, Scola, G

Prosopanche: a remarkable genus of parasitic plants by Hatt, SA, Cameron, DD, Grace, OM, Rocamundi, N, Cocucci, AA, Martel, C, Thorogood, CJ

“…Growing almost entirely underground with a complete lack of leaves, plants of Prosopanche bear more resemblance to fungi than plants and have many remarkable aspects to their life history and ecology that require further investigation. …”

An Argentine in The Warburg. Humanismo y exilio en la obra de Héctor Ciocchini by Bollig, B

“…Of particular importance is the presence of exile, the practical context of a large part of Ciocchini’s critical and poetic work, researched and writing in London during an important period in his life in the 1970s and 80s.…”

Security and subversion in a time of monsters by Andersson, R

“…A large part of this runaway change concerns how security is appropriating and colonising intimate human life while making ordinary people complicit in its operations. …”

Messenger and message: uncovering the roles, rhythm and regulation of extracellular vesicles in plant biotic interactions by Qiao, SA, Roth, R

“…Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-delimited nanoparticles found in every kingdom of life and are known to mediate cell–cell communication in animal systems through the trafficking of proteins and nucleic acids. …”

“Why do people kill each other?” (Tolstoy and empire) by Zorin, A

“…Tolstoy always believed that the resistance to invaders and the defence of land where humans were born, by which products they are fed and where they are going to life after death is natural, but considered this instinct as pre-moral and pre-Christian contradicting the personal moral conscience that unconditionally rejects all sorts of violence.…”

Nahj al-Balāghah: the wisdom and eloquence of ʿAlī: a parallel English-Arabic text by al-Raḍī, A-S

“…<i>Nahj al-Balāghah</i>, the celebrated compendium of orations, letters, and sayings of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 40/661) compiled by al-Sharīf al-Raḍī (d. 406/1015), is a masterpiece of Arabic literature and Islamic wisdom studied and memorized avidly and continually for over a thousand years. Showcasing ʿAlī’s life and travails in his own words, it also transcribes his profound reflections on piety and virtue, and on just and compassionate governance. …”

The treatment of malaria in pregnancy by Nosten, F, McGready, R

“…In severe and complicated malaria, the objective is to save the mother’s life. The drugs of choice are quinine and the artemisinins. …”

Transient photoactivation of anionophores by using redshifted fast-relaxing azobenzenes by Kerckhoffs, A, Ahmad, M, Langton, ML

“…We demonstrate that by tuning the thermal half-life of the more active, but thermodynamically unstable, Z isomer to relax on the timescale of minutes, transient activation of ion transport can be achieved by activating with solely with visible light and deactivating by thermal relaxation.…”

Storage stability of coconut milk powder by Bakar, Jamilah, Hassan, Mohd. Ali, Ahmad, Azhar

“…Measurements of water activity, moisture content, peroxide value and solubility index indicated that lipid oxidation is the limiting factor in the stability of the powder. Its maximum shelf‐life was 4 months when air or vacuum packaged in aluminum laminates and 1 1/2 months in polypropylene.…”

Dynamics in blue emitting metal halide perovskites for light emitting diodes by Karlsson, Max

“…Simple bandgap-tunability is easily achieved by compositional and dimensional engineering, allowing perovskite emission to span a broad wavelength region from ultraviolet to near infrared. …”
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Compositionally graded alloys fabricated using the laser powder bed fusion technique by Wei, Siyuan

“…The combination of in-situ alloying and compositionally graded alloy is promising to accelerate the composition screening/alloy designing for AM, as it can rapidly examine the printability, micro-/meso-structure, and properties of the AM-produced parts and therefore shorten the time span between conceptualization of new alloys and their deployment in service. …”
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Design for Flexibility : A Human Systems Integration Approach / by Boy, Guy André, author 642959

“…This book is for the engineering designers, who seek to better understand the roles of humans and organizations developing complex life-critical systems. It is also for those who train future designers who will have to take into account the well-being, safety, sustainability and efficiency of the actors of future sociotechnical systems. …”

Medical & Health Encyclopaedia : 1 A-B / by Agrawal, A., author 653359, Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992, author 420312, Barbier, F., author 185972, Barnard, Christiaan, author 653360, Beek, C. H., author 653361, Blechschmidt, Erich, author 415793, Bossy, Jean, author 346685, Brachet, Jean, author 415853, Debakey, Michael, author 653362, Doxiades, Th. A., author 653363, Ford, Donald H., author 263340, Gondony, G., author 653364, Hallam, A., author 653365, Hanley, Peter, author 653366, van Harreveld, A., author 653368, Heinkel, K., author 653369, Heywood, V., author 653370, van Houten, W. H., author 653371, Hyodo, M., author 653372, Johnson, J. P., author 653373, Kakehi, Hirotake, author 653374, Loftas, T., author 653375, Musaph, H., author 653376, Obrador, S., author 653377, Omura, C., author 653378, Sani, G., author 653379, Schade, J. P., author 653380, Stacher, A., author 653381, Sylvester-Bradley, P. C., author 653382, Taylor, W. E., author 653383, Turk, D., author 653384, Ullberg, S., author 653385, Umbach, W., author 653386, Vermeulen, A., author 653387, Duin, Nancy, editor 653388

“…The encyclopaedia covers practically every known disease and medical problem and the relevant treatment including problems specifically associated with the life stages of infancy, childhood and old age and matters such as nutrition, sex and surgery. …”